Games were $70 in 1996. $80 in 2025 is a steal with cost of development. - ThreadSky

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nelstar.tv • 7 days ago

Games were $70 in 1996.

$80 in 2025 is a steal with cost of development.

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ninjabee.bsky.social•7 days ago

Phantasy Star IV was like $90-100 in 1995.

thecrowbartv.bsky.social•7 days ago

This is definitely...not a good argument. It's also incredibly disingenuous to why games are so expensive in the first place.

You just hold the door open for companies to just say, "Wages are going up, so does our product."

alandiamond12.bsky.social•7 days ago

No they weren't. They were 50ish for AAA games. Maybe a few were higher but the average wasn't 70. 2005 they started creeping up to the 60's with some console games.

So I think games should be priced higher? Maybe but it's way more nuanced than just higher price equals more dev salary/time.

junglejim2525.bsky.social•7 days ago

alandiamond12.bsky.social•7 days ago

I sit corrected! Though I couldn't remember why I only ever had like 3 games for the 64 and that was it. My memory on games prices was almost exclusively on PC.

junglejim2525.bsky.social•7 days ago

Mhmm. Playstation and pc was cheaper then Nintendo and Sega by about 10 bucks on average. Then the swap to cds brought costs down to the average $60 for decades. While the physical might of ended development cost have rose. 2mil to make golden eye compared to say cyberpunk at 400 mil.

mozltovcoktail.bsky.social•7 days ago

I remember them being about $50 in the 90s

thabrettman18.bsky.social•7 days ago

While I agree, it still feels bad. I don't think I've bought more than a few $70 games since the price hike in 2020ish, and $80 will push me further away.😭

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